Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe IUCN/SSC Specialist Group (LCIE) has recently prepared a policy support statement regarding the use of artificial feeding as a management tool for large carnivore populations and their prey, with a particular emphasis on the brown bear.
The LCIE highlights the urgent need to evaluate the practice of artificial feeding of large carnivores from cultural, ecological, conservation and legal perspectives. More in the document prepared by the LCIE experts.